contlapache
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontlaˈpat͡ʃe/ [kõn̪.t̪laˈpa.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -atʃe
- Syllabification: con‧tla‧pa‧che
Noun
contlapache m or f by sense (plural contlapaches)
- (Mexico) accomplice
- Synonym: compinche
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contlapache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “contlapache”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010